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and one hour and fifteen minutes for each hour of extra periods as free time
instead of receiving an increased wage.
The employee may use the free time he or she is entitled to within six
months, during work periods, and without any deduction from wages.
The total overtime period may not exceed two hundred and seventy
hours a year.
The written approval of the employee is required for overtime work and
working with extra periods. The approval of the employee is not required
when there are obligatory reasons or extraordinary conditions for overtime
work and working with extra periods.
This written approval is to be taken from the employee at the beginning
of each year by the employer and kept in the employee’s personnel file
according to the “Regulation on Overtime Work and Working with Extra
Periods Pursuant to the Labor Code” published in the Official Gazette
dated 06.04.2004 and numbered 25425 (hereinafter referred to as the
“Regulation”).
The employer must also issue documents showing overtime hours or
working with extra periods of the employee and must keep a signed copy in
the personnel file pursuant to the Regulation. The wages of overtime work
or working with extra periods must be paid together with the wages of the
normal working hours. These payments are shown clearly on the payrolls
and on the wage accounting roll that is to be submitted to the employee.